Estelle Skornik
Estelle Skornik is a French actress, known in the United Kingdom for playing "Nicole" alongside Max Douchin in a range of Renault Clio advertisements.
Family
Her ancestors were Polish Jews, and her grandfather was killed trying to escape from Auschwitz.Career
Her theatre debut was with the Francis Huster Company, at the same times as the actresses Valérie Crunchant, Christiana Reali, Clotilde Courau and Valentine Varela. She has subsequently devoted her career more to cinema and notably appeared in Prise au piège with Lucia Sanchez and Nils Tavernier.In the United Kingdom she is most notable for playing "Nicole" alongside Max Douchin in a range of Renault Clio advertisements; the last was in May 1998 and featured the comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. It has been said that she was unable to drive when the advertisements were made. However, she has stated that this is untrue.
She also played in the theatre, in the production Home Truths at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, between 19 and 24 May 1997.
Television
- 1991–1998 Papa & Nicole
- 1993 Les Maîtres du pain
- 1995 Porté disparu
- 1999 Prise au piège
- 1999 Hornblower as Mariette
- 1997 Le Baiser sous la cloche
- 2004 Maigret and the Shadow Puppet as Nine Moinard
- 2009 Le Chasseur
- 2009 Ce jour-là tout a changé as Queen Marie-Antoinette
- 2009 ''R.I.S, police scientifique''
Film
- 1992 Albert souffre
- 1993 La Mal Aimée
- 1997 Marquise as Marie
- 1999 Les Parasites,
- 2000 Virilité et autres sentiments modernes
- 2001 L'Amour absent
- 2001 From Hell as Ada
- 2010 L'Evasion de Louis XVI as Marie Antoinette
- 2011 ''Les Lyonnais''
Theatre
- 1995 : Le Misanthrope by Molière, directed by Francis Huster